Nathan Howard is a multi-instrumentalist and conductor pursuing a Doctorate at the University of North Texas under Maestro David Itkin. Following graduate studies at Southern Methodist University, he served as resident conductor of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra. Nathan also studied at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he recorded with the New Music Ensemble. As an ensemble leader, he was Music Director for The Camp-of-the-Woods jazz band and has conducted the Lviv National Philharmonic, Meadows Symphony Orchestra and Samford University Orchestra. His conducting teachers include Paul C. Phillips, Jack Delaney, and Michelle Merrill.